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12. Luckily, it is possible to get from the record before the tribunal at least the approximate strength of badli workmen in each of these mills and ascertain the situation which their absence would result in. Regarding Caledonian Jute Mills, the letter dated 14 February 1961 by the Assistant Secretary to the State Government to the West Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union shows that out of a total number of 1,472 permanent posts, 1,392 wore filled up by permanent workmen and only 80 posts remained for badli and temporary workmen. The evidence of the labour officer of these mills also shows that there were in July 1961,1,600 permanent posts, out of which 1,250 were filled up by permanent workmen. Therefore, only 250 posts were filled up by badli and other non permanent workmen. Exhibit A. 13 is a statement produced before the tribunal prepared by the mill-manager of Caledonlan Jute Mills. That shows that their spinning department required only 35, 36, 34 and 16 badlis for shifts A, B, C, and the general shift, Exhibit A. 6 is a statement produced by the Cheviet Mills showing that the total number of badlis employed by the mills on 22 July 1961, a normal working day, were 903 as against which 590 attended on 30 July 1961, Out of these, 133 workmen in the weaving department, however, left 6 minutes after joining. That works out to about 45 per cent absentees. The statement shows that out of the normal number of 278 badlis in the spinning department, 173 had attended, Exhibit (sic), 2 (12) is a similar statement for the Budge Budge Mills showing that on 22 July 1961, a normal working day, 620 badlis attended, whereas only 165 badlis worked on 30 July 1961 and only 7 on 31 July 1961. ' Out of 620, 226 were in the spinning department and only 84 of them worked on 30 July 1991 in that department.